On Sun, March 25, 2007 11:39 pm, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > By > asking for a "voluntary" prayer, you're forcing everyone there, students > and > spectators alike, to stand by and wait while you pray. Sorry, you don't > have a right to shove your beliefs down my throat. Actually, no, no I'm > not > sorry.
You seem to be reacting to a "voluntary prayer" as if it was a mandatory prayer. One could argue this is going too far the other direction. Where does it stop? Must we make it illegal to display Christmas decorations on front lawns because someone "might be offended" ? When does this kind of vehement so called "separation of church and state thinking" cross the line into "anti-Christianity thinking"? > The Declaration is a work of a committee. He was merely the chief > architect. And to pick nits, he doesn't say god, he says their creator. > Besides which, you ought to learn what deism means. It means you believe > there is a god, but he has no effect on daily life. So yeah, agnosticism > and deism are pretty damn close. What are you saying? Jefferson believes in a Creator and God yet he is still agnostic? > Sexually repressed? The fact that it considers premarital sex immoral, > homosexuality immoral, and by many interpretations any position but > missionary immoral. Paul in the New Testament offers a solution for people who need sex... 1 Cor 7:9 "it is better to marry than to burn with passion" The Bible's solution is *marriage*. It never says to be repressed. You may not like the Bible's solution but it certainly does *not* command repression. cs -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
